The commonly known adage “with friends like these, who needs enemies?” may very well apply to the Obama administration. Recent leaks stemming from the US government about Israeli operations in Syria may have put Israeli security in jeopardy and endangered its civilian population…ironically, while he cautioned that there was “too much loose talk of war,” it has been Obama’s officials who have continually leaked information on secret Israeli operations in both Iran and Syria…

In both Israel and the U.S., many are asking whether the Obama administration is trying to start a war between Israel and Syria. Intentional leaks by the administration officials could certainly provoke one. It should be understood by Obama’s Middle East advisors that publicly humiliating an Arab leader like Syrian President Bashar Assad would leave him with no choice but to retaliate. By exposing Israel as the attacker on his military assets, Assad would be compelled to act, even though he is engaged in a civil war and can ill afford to fight Israel directly.

July 24, 2013 5:00 am Israeli government officials voiced anger at U.S. press leaks traced to the Pentagon following the July 5 Israeli missile attack on the Syrian port of Latakia that destroyed a shipment of Russian-made anti-ship missiles, according to U.S. officials.

“Before our eyes, a global jihadi center is developing on our doorstep, on a large scale, which might influence not only Syria, and not only the State of Israel, but also Lebanon, Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula, and could impact the whole region,” Kochavi said.

“If provocations by the Syrian government continue, Israel will have no choice but to respond accordingly,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor said during a UN Security Council meeting about the Middle East on Tuesday.

Prosor repeated Western allegations that Syria possessed chemical weapons and that Israel could not tolerate it.

“I have said it before and I’ll say it again, Assad has chemical weapons,” he said.

“The situation is made all the more dangerous by the fact that Assad has received advanced weapons systems that Israel simply cannot allow,” Prosor added.

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari warned that the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories has reached dangerous stages in light of the international inability to force Israel to end its occupation in implementation of the relevant international legitimacy resolutions…

“The Israeli occupation of the Arab territories and its repercussions on the overall security and stability of the region has reached very dangerous stages in light of the international inability to compel Israel to end its occupation,” said al-Jaafari…

“Israel’s continued aggressive practices have raised tension in the region to unprecedented levels portending a large-scale regional war that would definitely endanger the international peace and security,” al-Jaafari warned…

Al-Jaafari clarified that the Israeli occupation forces have been providing aid to the armed terrorist groups in the Disengagement Zone in the Golan through admitting the injured terrorists to the Israeli hospitals to be treated and then allowing them back into Syria to resume their terrorist acts.

So, both Israel and Syria are blaming each other and stating that the other is about to cause a war, while the USA seemingly leaks information to incense both sides. I should also add that the USA has plans to consider sending in thousands of its troops into Syria, but instead may wish for Israel to handle the fighting instead.

While all of that is going on, Iran (Syria’s closest military ally) continues to work on its nuclear and other plans. Conflict is coming to the region. And while Israel and the USA will likely not not be unscathed, this will not end well for Syria as ultimately its capital city Damascus will be destroyed per Isaiah 17:1).

The Bible tells of a time when a confederation of territory, currently dominated by Islamic nations, will get together. And that type of confederation is what a major Sunni group called the Muslim Brotherhood is working towards developing–and they play a significant role in the opposition to Syria’s President Assad. Because the Bible predicts this type of confederation in the end times (see Ezekiel 30:1-8; Daniel 11:40-43), it will come to pass.

Since Syria is one of the countries that will support the final King of the South (Daniel 11:40), and its President Assad is basically on the outs with other Arabic nations, something (like him and his government) will have to change there.

Statements from the governments of the USA, Syria, and Israel strongly suggest that they are all moving towards military conflict.